07-11-2015, 04:47 PM
(07-11-2015, 04:16 PM)Bengalholic Wrote: In the 2nd Texans game, the offense was embarrassingly putrid and completely overmatched by the Texans D. There's no doubt that their inability to stay on the field left the D on the field more than they should have been.
You know what else left the D on the field too long? Schaub completing almost 80% of his passes, Foster going off for a buck forty, and the Texans converting 50% of their 3rd downs.
Was the defense amazing? No, but they still only gave up 19 total points.
For some reason, I tend to think 19 points given up is a lot more impressive than 52 total yards until 10 minutes left in the 3rd quarter and ZERO offensive points in the entire game.
Zero, nada, zilch, none. No points on offense.
If the offense isn't even a little bit more to blame than the defense in that game, then I'm not so sure this is an objective discussion on both sides. I've said it plenty of times in this thread, the defense never really had a game where they took over to win, I admit that. However, I do expect an offense to score more than ZERO points in a game. If you want to try and bring up a game where it's closer to 50/50 blame for the offense/defense, the 2012 Texans game probably isn't your best bet. I have no problem throwing the defense under the bus in 2011 and 2014, but I'm not so sure about the 2 others.
